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Kanae

AKA * Kana-Kana * Nii-yan (by Honma Himawari & Makaino Ririmu)叶ChroNoiR

NIJISANJI Lantis (former) Active

YouTube: 2018/05/02

Debut Date

7 July

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奇跡を味わい尽くそう。 #ロジクールG公認サポーター

Character Info

Gender Male

Height 175 cm (5'9")

Age Unknown (around 20 years old)

Birthday 7 July

Zodiac Sign Cancer

Illustrator Illustration: U-suke (base) Aotobeni (Poncho Hoodie Outfit) +Geminate (ChroNoiR Matching Stage Outfits) Mikkun (HoneyWorks Medley Outfit) Suou (Maid Outfit) Harumaki (Hoodie x Overalls Outfit)

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Fan Name Kanae-tai

Languages Japanese

Genres free-talk, gaming, singing

Oshi Mark / Emoji 🔫

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Personality

Kanae is a self-assured, charming individual who is one of the most popular members of NIJISANJI.

His popularity can be owed to his sociable personality. He is particularly good at improv and can create witty responses to conversations often. His easy-going and friendly nature allows him to hold conversations effortlessly with others, giving him a wide social circle where he often collaborates with professional gamers, Utaites, mangakas, seiyuus and NIJISANJI International members (despite the language barrier).

Because of this, Kanae has been described to have 'Predator'-level communication skills (a reference to the highest rank in the game APEX Legends, means to have amazing communication skills). He is very transparent with his thoughts and feelings, and often opens up to his viewers. He rarely loses his cool demeanor or raises his voice.

On the other hand, he is also known as mischievous individual, often purposefully aggravating his fellow streamers with sarcastic jokes and actions. The saying "Kanae lies as he breathes" is a statement thrown out a lot in Kanae's fandom, for he's well known for lying very nonchalantly.

Other livers even said that Kanae is a mysterious individual, a person who they can not be read very easily. Despite this, Kanae is truthfully a very caring person who speaks highly of his friends at any chance and tries to improve himself as much as possible. He once comforted Yuuki Chihiro, calmly explaining and consoling her when she cried on stream.

Appearance

Kanae has flowy ash-brown hair that has differing lengths on different avatars. He has very light tower-gray droopy eyes with a small mole under his left eye and has worn multiple differently styled clothes.

In his original outfit, his indoor pajama outfit, Kanae has his hair styled in a fluffy bob cut with bangs and a white hairpin on his left side-bangs. He wears a black turtleneck sweater under his mint-blue hoodie paired with brown and white striped sweatpants. He wears all of this with his orange and white slippers that have animal paw designs on the soles.

In his second regular outfit, his street wear outfit, Kanae has his hair styled in either a fluffy short bob cut with bangs and a black hairpin on his left side-bangs or a longer low-ponytail hairstyle with his left side-bangs tucked behind his left ear that has two black ear-cuffs on the helix and a black stud on his lobe. He wears an over-sized dark-gray cardigan with white pocket linings atop a light-gray knitted turtleneck sweater. He accessorizes it with a silver necklace and puts two hairpins on his jacket. He wears wide-legged harem pants with ribbons on the side and leggings underneath. All of this is paired with black combat boots.

In his third regular outfit, his white casual outfit, Kanae has short hair with a wavy parted fringe showing a bit of his hairline and his left ear which has a silver dangling earring. He wears a long white bishop sleeved button-up shirt below an off-white sweater vest paired with black skinny trousers and a pair of black oxford dress shoes. Roto would also sometimes appear on top of his head.

In his current main outfit, Kanae has his hair styled in a high ponytail with his bangs being swept to the left while the rest of his hair is tucked behind his right ear which has a black studded earring. He wears a long sleeved black button up shirt with bluish grey flower prints along with black skinny trousers and a pair of black oxford shoes. The sleeves on this outfit are rolled up to his elbows. He has a dangling black bracelet on his right wrist accompanying a black ring on his thumb. On his left hand, a black ring is seen on his index finger while there are 2 also black rings on is middle finger. His nails are painted also black. Looking closely, theres a chain bracelet at his ankles. Plus, there are fashionable loose ribbons on the left side of his shirt near his hips.

Background

Before joining NIJISANJI, Kanae originally was not interested in becoming a VTuber, but after hearing his friend was going to audition for NIJISANJI, he decided to try it as well. Kanae had auditioned for the second wave but didn't make it. He was contacted again on a later date that he can choose between joining NIJISANJI SEEDS or NIJISANJI Gamers, in the end he chose Gamers because it would debut earlier, and ended up debuting as NIJISANJI Gamer's first generation with Akabane Youko. Although Kanae has been called a natural at any game he plays, he particularly excels at FPS games such as Apex Legends and VALORANT. Before he debuted, he had received an invitation to join a PUBG gaming team but accepted an offer to join NIJISANJI Gamers instead.

Debut

Kanae created both his YouTube and Twitch channels on 1 May 2018, and his Twitter account in the same month, while his first tweet was made on 2 May 2018.

His YouTube debut was held on 2 May 2018 and made a history for holding the title of the longest debut stream in the history on NIJISANJI with 9 hours 4 minutes 56 seconds of video footage.

Mascot and fans

Kanae is usually seen carrying around a cushion cat that is named "Roto" (ロト). Roto's name came about when viewers noticed that when Kanae's name (叶) is broken down, you will get two characters that look like "ロ" and "ト". Kanae apparently can't settle down if he isn't holding the cushion cat. Roto is a cat youkai that has possessed the body of a stuffed cat but he can also freely transform into other forms. Roto speaks sparingly, in an extremely low voice, this paired with his cryptic personality, makes other NIJISANJI mascots afraid of him.
Roto can also be read as "ro" (6) and "to" (10) in Japanese, that is why often viewers send ¥610 superchats to him instead of usual round numbers.
June 10th (6/10) is the cushion cat's birthday and celebrated by fans as Roto's Day (ロトの日 Roto no Hi).
Roto's favorite food is peoples' happiness.
Everyone who has heard Roto's voice always seem to die.
There has been speculation that Roto is the one who erased Kanae's memories of the past.
Roto is almost always featured as a part of Kanae's different outfits. You can see Roto on Kanae's Military Outfit's Arm band and coat collar, as a pin on his 2018 Winter Outfit, and more.
In Kanae's most recent outfit, his white casual clothes, Roto can be seen on top of his head because he was upset he wasn't with Kanae most of the time in his latest streams of December 2020.
On 8 January 2021, Kanae announces the release of the "Roto Goods" on NIJISANJI's Official Channel. The release included a ceramic mug with Roto as its design, a Roto plushie, and a Roto Kigurumi Pajamas. All of the products are made to order and will be available until the 27th of January 2021.
Because of the large demand, Roto is apparently very busy at the moment as the merchandise supervisor.
Quotes:
"ﾛﾄﾀﾞﾖ…" (Roto dayo..., I'm Roto...)
"ｽﾞｯﾄﾐﾃﾙｶﾗﾈ…" (Zutto mitekara..., I'm always watching...)
"ﾀﾞﾒﾀﾞﾖ..." (Dame dayo..., That's no good...) | (Reply to Kanae's "Ugh, my head hurts")
Kanae's fans are called "叶え隊" (Kanae-tai Kanae-squad)
Kanaetai (叶えたい) also means "wanting to fulfill (a wish)".
More passionate fans and channel members are called "彼氏" (Kareshi, Boyfriend).
Whenever Kanae steps away from his stream, when he makes a mistake, or the viewers are waiting for the upcoming stream, members would spam " 叶愛 chu♡ " to show support. Utako Suzuka even mentioned, "コメント欄が天国." (This chat is heaven).

Relationships

"ChroNoiR" 「くろのわ」 - Kanae and Kuzuha Logo ChroNoiR.png
Unitized on 17 July 2018, ChroNoir is a general and vocal unit within NIJISANJI that consists of Kanae and Kuzuha">Kuzuha. ChroNoiR was foreshadowed as a unit even before Kuzuha's debut in NIJISANJI. They are the first NIJISANJI unit that has its own dedicated Youtube Channel.
The unit's name was a fan suggestion among many with the idea that both Kanae and Kuzuha like the color black, and from there, their name was made from the Japanese word "黒" (Kuro, Black) and the French word "Noir" (Black), making "KuroNoir" and later, "ChroNoiR". The name would also mean "黒黒" (Kuro Kuro, Black Black) in Japanese and its initials would be "KK" for Kanae and Kuzuha's name.
Hashtags: #くろのわ - general hashtag | #くろのあとりえ - fanart hashtag
Channels: Youtube | OPENRec.tv
Emoji: 🖤
KfuX28G2 400x400.jpg"Nanajigen Seitokai!" 「七次元生徒会!」- Kanae, Saegusa Akina, Leos Vincent, Higuchi Kaede, Ryushen, and Suo Sango.
Debuted as a unit on 3 April 2023. The english translation of their unit would be "7th Dimension Student Council"
The unit revolves around a student council with the aim to reach the support of 1 million parents and students, with each liver in the unit as a certain role within the student council. Kanae is the President and a 3rd year along with Higuchi Kaede.
They air their program every week regularly on Wednesday at 19:00 JST (7:00 PM JST)
Media: YouTube | Twitter | TikTok | Instagram
Hashtags: #七次元生徒会 - General Tag | #七次元掲示板 - Art Tag
"VACHSS" - Kuzuha, Kanae, Kagami Hayato, Fuwa Minato, Kenmochi Toya, and Yumeoi Kakeru.
The group's name stands for Vampire, Angel, CEO, Host, Student, Singer/Songwriter.
"KanaChiiKuzu" 「かなちーくず」 - Kanae, Yuuki Chihiro, and Kuzuha. These three competed together as a team in multiple "APEX Legends" tournaments.
Hashtag: #かなちーくず
"Kanaeboshi" 「かなえぼし」 - Kanae and Hoshikawa Sara
Hashtag: #かなえぼし
"KanaeYou" 「叶え葉」 - Kanae and Akabane Youko.
"NIJISANJI Angels" - Kanae and Ange Katrina.
"Violence Takeda" 「バイオレンス武田」 - Kanae, Kuzuha, and Mayuzumi Kai.
"KanaShiina" 「かなしいな」 - Kanae and Shiina Yuika.
"KuronoHimawari" 「黒ノ火廻」 - Kanae, Kuzuha, and Honma Himawari.
"Siege Club" 「シージ部」 - Kanae, Shiina Yuika, Akabane Youko, Kuzuha, Yumeno Tsukimi, Ange Katrina, and Yorumi Rena.
"Shirinsou" 「シリンソウ」 - Kanae, Akabane Youko, Honma Himawari, and Kuzuha.
"Shinya Sanketsu RKS" 「深夜三傑RKS」 - Shizuka Rin, Kanae, and Shibuya Hajime.
"Miso Soup" 「みそしる」 - Shibuya Hajime, Fushimi Gaku, Kanae, and Kuzuha.
"Gekidanpochi" 「劇団ぽち」 - Kanae, Shirayuki Reid, Ichinose Uruha and Yoruno Yui. A relatively popular friend group that played various games together until Yui quietly retired in 2020.
"Gin'yuu Shijin" 「吟遊四人」 (Four Bards) - Kanae, Shirayuki Reid, Ichinose Uruha, and Komori Met. A wordplay from "Gin'yuu Shijin" (吟遊詩人, minstrel).
"KanaeYouGunKan" 「叶え葉ぐんかん」- Kanae, Akabane Youko, Gundou Mirei, and Kanda Shoichi
"3kasu+1Kamisama"「3ks+1GOD」- Hanabusa Lisa, Aruse Inu, and Lauren Iroas are 3ks, and Kanae is 1GOD.
"TSN" - Kanae, Lauren Iroas, and Yuhi Riri. These three competed together as a team for the 5th VTuber Most Cooperative Tournament, a.k.a Vsaikyou.
"Karasu" 「鴉」 (RAVEN) - Kanae, Fuwa Minato, Kuzuha, Ex Albio, Ibrahim, Murakumo Kagetsu, Shibuya HAL, Utai Makea, Limone-sensei and Pocky Sweets. This was a gang formed in December 2024 during Vaultroom x Crazy Raccoon (VCR) GTA Season 3.
"Nijisanji Granblue Team" 「にじグラブル団」 - Kanae, Yorumi Rena, and Lunlun
"Dear13ro." - Kanae, Kuzuha, Meloco Kyoran, SHAKA, Peinto, Totomix, Ibrahim, Hira Hikari, Akairo Mia, Yamaguro Nekuro, Kagariya Renma, Ieiri Popo, and Mizukami Souta. Formed in February 2026 during NEWTOWN GTA wih Kanae serving as the member of the gang.

Likes and dislikes

Favourite anime: GANGSTA, 91days, and more
Favourite meal: Omurice
Ideal type: Someone who loves him
Favourite sushi ingredient: Salmon
Favourite colours: Black and Gray
Dislikes: Horror, liars, overly sweet things, coffee, cheaters, mushrooms and being called "papa"

Miscellaneous

Kanae's combined streaming time is the highest amongst NIJISANJI members. He streams every single day without break since his debut - often multiple times a day - for extended periods of time.
Kanae is featured on the Mahjong-focused magazine 's December 2020 magazine issue.
Kanae's female version, Kanako, was first seen in a stream from 2018. Kanako was a 24-year-old who performs in a musical as a living. Kanako looks the same as Kanae's original character, but unlike Kanae, Kanako has longer hair tied to a ponytail and wears shorts instead of pajamas. Kanako also has a smaller face with bigger eyes.
Kanae streams very frequently, streaming every single day and often multiple times in a single day with varying lengths of time usually late into the night. This was a part of a promise he made to himself in his earlier days that he will stream every single day, being sick or tired was not an exception.
He usually streams FPS and battle royale type of games like APEX Legends, Escape from Tarkov, and more, but he also usually streams other types of games like Genshin Impact, Mahjong Soul, some RPG's and many, many more. Kanae would also stream newly released games from time to time.
Currently the second most subscribed Japanese male VTuber after Kuzuha.
He once streamed for 22 hours straight while playing Jump King the day before his birthday.
As of March 2021, Kanae has the 2nd highest super chat earning of any male VTuber after fellow liver Kuzuha.
Kanae's first channel logo was made by Hiiragi Ryo, a professional graphic designer and artist who happened to be watching Kanae's stream when Kanae asked, "Are there any talented viewers (in logo making) watching?". Hiiragi Ryo responded to the question and after an hour, Kanae's logo was finished. The same Hiiragi Ryo was responsible for ChroNoiR's first official logo design
The previous overlay you would usually under Kanae's avatar in his streams, as well as his old channel banner is created by the freelance graphic designer, "Endeavor~" (えんでば~). He has also done works for other VTubers such as Nikuhen-cyan and Akairo Raincoat.
On 2 May 2021, Kanae updated his new logo with a logo designed by BALCOLONY who was also in charge of designing Kuzuha's and ChroNoiR's 2nd Logo. The same BALCOLONY also designed the posters and logos for Your Name, A Silent Voice, Weathering with You, Fireworks among many others.
On 7 July 2021, on his birthday stream, Kanae unveils new stream graphics, all designed by Renen. The stream featured an all new custom stream intro, super chat and member alerts, overlay, comment, transition, and outro.
Previously, whenever someone sends a super chat to Kanae, a short sound effect will play saying "Supacha!". The sound effect is actually a self-recorded sound effect by Kanae in one of his chatting streams.

Kanae's profile from Yashiro Kizuku and Sasaki Saku's LeverGacha Daipan Episode 7:
Appeal point?: "I'm good at playing games"
Charm point?: "My adorable face"
Something you've been into lately?: "Prosciutto-wrapped cheese from the convenience store"
How would you like to spend a day-off?: "I'd like to go to a cafe and work on my computer"
What do you like/dislike?: "Mushrooms"
Most recent mistake?: " I've made a mistake... "
Someone you look up to?: "Kensho Ono and Nobunaga Shimazaki"
A habit/thing you tend to do?: "I tend to press my fingers with my nails"
What's the turning point in your life?: "Debuting as a VTuber"
A Secret you haven't told anyone?: "(none in particular)"
Youtube Series:
"叶ノ夜噺" (Kanae's late night stories)
"ぷちっとくろのわーる" (Petite ChroNoir, PuchiChro)
"原神攻略動画" (Genshin tips and strategies)
Tsukino Mito ranked Kanae as the person with the highest communication skills in NIJISANJI in one of her livestreams.
Other NIJISANJI members (and Kanae's own viewers) have noted that Kanae has what they call a "madman side". This is because he has moments of breaking his normal gentle demeanor and turning into a completely different person, then calming down and pretending like it never happened. Tsukino Mito also recounted a tale from New Years' where Kanae convincingly lied about something "that had no benefit to him" whatsoever besides seeing the reaction when he revealed he was lying.
WIdely considered by other NIJISANJI livers as one of the best video game players of NIJISANJI.
On NIJISANJI's ARK server, Kanae was regarded as one of their "Four Emperors" because he was one of the most highly civilized tribes(despite being the only one in his tribe) and the strongest tribe on the server. Kanae also used the chance of using Elemental Dust which was something the other NIJISANJI livers didn't see as a useful resource. With it, he had a large number of weapons to sell and he is able to make hamburgers with custom recipes. He also earned the nickname "死の商人" (shi no shonin, merchant of death) and owned a store called "Rotoria" where he sold his hamburgers.
Kanae has mentioned before that either he or his mother is half Japanese, which in either case would make him part Japanese.
Kanae is said to have a beautiful sleeping face. At one time, Saegusa Akina was tempted to kiss a sleeping Kanae while he was staying in his house and so in order to stop himself, he just bid him farewell and left.
Kanae owns an acoustic guitar at home, but he can't play it. But apparently, he says that the instruments he can play are firearms and the trombone.
Kanae has a weird habit of dozing off while talking to someone during a call.
Kanae has mentioned that he used to work part-time at a virtual M*ster Donuts shop.
Kanae is the type to flinch and freeze in silence when he gets scared.
Kanae loves ego-surfing and he also religiously searches his own Twitter hashtag whenever he can. So much so, that he ego-surfs even during a PUBG match on a live-stream. Because of this, he earned the nickname "戦場エゴサ芸人" or "battlefield ego-surfer" in English. He says he does this because he suffers from a medical condition that requires regular ego-surfing and that he suffers withdrawal symptoms if he stops. He mentioned that he regularly does this 100 times a day.
According to him, the reason why he enjoys playing video games was that his father was a gamer himself and because of this Kanae has extensive knowledge of older games.
Kanae has an official sticker set on the mobile messaging app LINE called "Baby Kanae Sticker" on the LINE Store along with other VTuber stickers such as Honma Himawari's "Honma Himawari stamps (Easy to use)" stickers and many more.
Kanae has a lot of knowledge and experience with playing Minecraft. Because of this, many Livers would get surprised whenever they see his builds. However, due to his vast knowledge, he prefers to play with efficiency in mind which led to him starting a villager farm where he rents out and sells the villagers to other Livers earning him the nickname, "にじさんじの闇" (Niji sanji no yami, The Dark Side of NIJISANJI) or "奴隷商人" (Dorei Shonin, The Slave Merchant).
In his 170k subscriber celebration chatting stream, Kanae talked about how he's been coughing a lot at the time and while he has visited 6 doctors already, they still cannot pinpoint the exact cause of the coughing to which Kanae said, "If it's a new type of sickness, can it be named after me?". Thus, after talking with the chat, the term "Kanaway Syndrome" was made.
Although Kanae has Kuzuha">Kuzuha#Trivia">multiple varying nicknames for Kuzuha, he had mentioned in one of his chatting streams that if Kuzuha calls him "Kana-Kana", he will immediately die.
On 21 December, 2021, Kanae successfully underwent ICL eye surgery to correct his short-sighted-ness.

Character and lore

Kanae has amnesia and doesn't remember his childhood very well. Though one thing he is sure about is that in the earliest memories he could recall, he was already holding his cushion cat named Roto. Because of this, Kanae can't settle down without Roto near him.
Kanae has talked about his past, such as his school days and even his childhood, in streams, despite this being part of his lore.

More Info

Profile

A young man with a healing presence and a fluffy, sweet way of speaking that can wash you away. He suddenly descended like an angel as he holds a cat cushion in his arms.

2018

Kanae's 50k Subscriber Commemorative Outfit

On 16 November, Kanae announced his first new costume reveal and later revealed his new during an ASMR livestream followed by a tweet with selfies and a bonus tweet with him standing with Joe Rikiichi. The original stream has now been privated and is no longer accessible to the public.

On 21 November, Kanae announced a new costume reveal with Akabane Youko through a tweet with a photo of their silhouettes and on 23 November 2018, he revealed his new through a livestream on Youko's YouTube channel while they were commemorating their half year debut.

On 13 December, Ichikara Inc. announced that NIJISANJI Gamers and NIJISANJI SEEDs would merge with NIJISANJI by the end of the month. As a result, Kanae is now officially affiliated with NIJISANJI.

On 21 December, Kanae announced a new costume reveal through a tweet and on 23 December 2018, he revealed his new on his costume unveiling livestream.

On 26 December, NIJISANJI Official announced through a tweet, multiple new year's costumes would be revealed with a photo reading "coming soon", and their silhouettes.

2019

On 2 January 2019, Kanae revealed his during a livestream.

On 17 April, Kanae and Kuzuha unveiled their first ChroNoiR matching outfits on their official ChroNoiR channel on OpenRec.

On 2 October, Kanae's 3D model was first seen at the "NIJISANJI Music Festival" but did not hold his official 3D model YouTube livestream until the 11th of November 2019.

On 25 November, Kanae announced his new 2D regular outfit and was later revealed on the same day through a commemorative reveal livestream, followed by a tweet with selfies.

2020

On 12 October, Kanae announced that he is now officially sponsored by the world leading company Logitech (also known as Logicool in Japan) and is now a "Logitech G Official Supporter". He expressed his joy in a subsequent Apex livestream.

On 7 December, Kanae announced that he would release a new outfit before New Year's Eve. On 29 December 2020, Kanae reveals his new white casual outfit on his outfit unveiling livestream.

2021

On 19 March, Kanae and Kuzuha both revealed their White Day Night Party outfits in a reveal stream where they also revealed a new header and logo design for ChroNoiR.

On 8 June, Kanae opened his Instagram account. He started his account with the help of nqrse and his viewers.

On 1 August, Kanae unveiled his 2nd 3D model featuring his black and gray sweater cardigan outfit in the NIJISANJI AR Stage "Light Up Tones" performance.

On 13 October, Kanae revealed his new 2D outfit and hairstyle, featuring a black long-sleeve turtleneck, white trouser, black shoes, and grey hooded-parka with Roto's ears and cat tail that both can be taken off. He kept the moe-sode (moe sleeve) style in this outfit too.

On 26 December, Kanae reached 900,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 30 December, Kanae held his first 'totsu-machi' (call-ins) stream. Originally he planned for about 15 people who RSVPed and additional 5 people whom he invited only, and continued the stream with chatting about things to look back to in 2021. Unexpectedly, 47 people came by and it took 9 hours stream in total for call-ins only that he had to move the chatting stream to the next day.

2022

The mini album title "flores" was chosen by Kanae personally. Initially, he wanted something that has flowery image, but after further thinking, "flores" also has the same Japanese pronunciation with the English word "flawless", which also a VALORANT's status when a match ended perfectly, something that he also think this mini album all about.

On 20 April, Kanae reached 200,000 followers on his Twitch channel.

On 1 May midnight, approaching his 4th debut anniversary on 2 May, Kanae announced through a livestream that he was going to have major debut under Lantis (Bandai Namco Music) record label, the same label that look after Higuchi Kaede, and going to launch his first mini album "flores" (フローレス) on 27 July 2022. Along with the announcement, on 2 May 2022, he also released a song titled "Broadcast Parade" (ブロードキャストパレード) that going to be included in the mini album. The song teaser was released on Lantis official YouTube channel on the same date.

On 14 May, Kanae reached 1 Million subscribers on his YouTube channel, making him the second NIJISANJI Liver and male VTuber worldwide to reach the milestone after Kuzuha. For the celebration, he is using Twitter hashtag #叶100万人パレード.

On 19 May, Kanae reached 900,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 3 June, Lantis announced the sales for Kanae's debut album "flores" commemoration merchandises.

On 20 June, Kanae's first mini album, "flores", went on sale.

On 26 June, Kanae revealed his new outfit inspired by ChroNoiR's HoneyWorks Medley MV designed by mikkun.

On 7 July, Kanae revealed his new outfit and hairstyle for his birthday and 1 million subscribers commemorations. He also released a new original song titled "Hanataba no Yukue" (花束の行方, Where Abouts of the Bouquet).

On 8 July, Kanae was featured on PASH! Magazine #8.

On 30 August, Kanae released his 1 million followers celebration goods which include a fragrance mist and flower print shirt.

On 7 September, Kanae showed his 3.0 brushup expressions.

On 30 October, Kanae announce his 2nd mini album "Yoakashi" (夜明かし, Staying Up All Night) that will be released on 21 December 2022. He also announced that he will hold his first solo concert entitled "Gozen Reiji no Mukougawa" (午前0時の向こう側, The Other Side of 00:00 o'clock) which will be held on 16 March 2022.

On 31 October, Kanae revealed his 2022 Halloween outfit with short hair and bucket hat, glasses, and mask options.

On 26 November, Monthly Comic Alive announced that Kanae would be featured on Comic Alive January 2023 edition on "Lie:verse Liars Special Interview Vol. 2" for his role as Kuga Yashiki. The digital version of the magazine is available to be purchased from Amazon.